Mining the Kepler Field: Atmospheric Parameters, Bolometric Corrections, and Luminosities

Abstract

The ~ 200,000 stars observed by the Kepler mission have provided unprecedented constraints across astrophysics. With the advent of modern spectroscopic and photometric surveys, new limits in stellar characterizations are within reach. In this work, we report a compilation of atmospheric parameters (Teff, logg, and [M/H]) for the Kepler stars by crossmatching with several spectroscopic and spectro-photometric surveys. We use these to calculate bolometric corrections, which combined with color-magnitude diagram (CMD) information from Gaia yield self-consistent luminosities on a survey-by-survey basis. These properties will aid in future explorations of Kepler data towards new astrophysical insights. We make our catalog publicly available online in Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.18620911).

Accepted for publication in RNAAS. 4 pages, 1 figure. Machine-readable table available at https://zenodo.org/records/18620911

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